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14. The Maritime Revolution, to 1550Global Maritime Expansion BeforeIberian Expansion, 1400-1550Encounters with Europe, 1450-1550Comparative PerspectivesEnvironment and Technology: Vasco da Gama's FleetIssues in World History: Climate and Population, to 1500V. The Globe Encompassed, 1500-180015. Transformations in Europe, 1500-1750Culture and IdeasSocial and Economic LifePolitical InnovationsComparative PerspectivesDiversity and Dominance: Political Craft and Craftiness16. The Americas, The Atlantic, and Africa, 1530-1770Spanish America and BrazilEnglish and French Colonies in North AmericaPlantations in the West IndiesCreating the Atlantic EconomyColonial Expansion and ConflictAfrica and the AtlanticThe Columbian ExchangeComparative PerspectivesDiversity and Dominance: Race and Ethnicity in the Spanish Colonies: Negotiating Hierarchy17. Southwest Asia and the Indian Ocean, 1500-1750The Ottoman EmpireThe Safavid EmpireThe Mughal EmpireThe Maritime Worlds of Islam, 1500-1750Environment and Technology: Tobacco and Waterpipes18. Northern Eurasia, 1500-1800Japanese ReunificationThe Later Ming and Early Qing EmpiresThe Russian EmpireComparative PerspectivesDiversity and Dominance: Gendered Violence: The Yangzhou MassacreIssues in World History: The Little Ice AgeVI. Revolutions Reshape the World, 1750-187019. Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World, 1750-1850Prelude to Revolution: War and the EnlightenmentThe American RevolutionThe French RevolutionRevolution in Haiti and Latin AmericaEconomic and Social Liberation MovementsComparative PerspectivesEnvironment and Technology: The Guillotine20. The Early Industrial Revolution, 1760-1851Causes of the Industrial RevolutionThe Technological RevolutionThe Impact of the Industrial RevolutionNew Economic and Political IdeasThe Limits of Industrialization Outside the WestEnvironment and Technology: Gas Lighting21. Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism, 1800-1870The Ottoman EmpireThe Russian EmpireThe Qing EmpireComparative PerspectivesDiversity and Dominance: Chinese Responses to ImperialismIssues in World History: State Power, the Census, and the Question of Identity22. Africa, India, and the New British Empire, 1750-1870Changes and Exchanges in AfricaIndia Under British RuleBritain's Eastern EmpireComparative PerspectivesDiversity and Dominance: Ceremonials of Imperial DominanceVII. Global Dominance and Diversity, 1850-194923. The New Power Balance, 1850-1900New Technologies and the World EconomySocial ChangesSocialism and Labor MovementsNationalism and the Rise of Italy, Germany, and JapanThe Great Powers of Europe, 1871-1900China, Japan, and the Western PowersEnvironment and Technology: Railroads and ImmigrationMaterial Culture: Cotton Clothing24. The New Imperialism, 1869-1914The New Imperialism: Motives and MethodsThe Scramble for AfricaImperialism in Asia and the PacificImperialism in Latin AmericaThe World Economy and the Global EnvironmentEnvironment and Technology: Imperialism and Tropical Ecology25. The Crisis of the Imperial Order, 1900-1929Origins of the Crisis in Europe and the Middle EastThe "Great War" and the Russian RevolutionsPeace and Dislocation in EuropeChina and Japan: Contrasting DestiniesThe New Middle EastSociety, Culture, and Technology in the Industrialized WorldComparative PerspectivesDiversity and Dominance: The Middle East After World War I26. The Collapse of the Old Order, 1929-1949Stalin's RevolutionThe DepressionThe Rise of FascismEast Asia, 1931-1945The Second World WarThe Character of WarfareEnvironment and Technology: The Enigma Machine27. Striving for Independence: India, Africa, and Latin America, 1900-1949The Indian Independence Movement, 1905-1947Sub-Saharan Africa, 1900-1945Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil, 1900-1949Comparative PerspectivesDiversity and Dominance: A Vietnamese Nationalist Denounces French ColonialismIssues in World History: Fa
